Fred, item 9
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25 February 1917 Sun - 1st in lent. Ember Week
Pass to Paris-Plage. Alright.
26 February Mon
Trepied
Run for a load of wood from Wailly.
27 February 1917 Tues
Trepeid
In all day. Grand day to-day.
28 February 1917 Wed - Ember Day. First Quarter (moon), 4.44 p.m.
Trepied
Run for a load of Wood just outside St Josse afternoon.
At foot of left hand diary page is printed information about the printed illustration of the submarine periscope at foot of the opposite diary page.
[SUBMARINE PERISCOPE. As a submarine's work is dine below the sea level, it is necessary that it should have an "eye" above water to enable it to see the enemy and creep up to him without being seen. For this purpose it is provided with a periscope consisteing of a telescopic tube which projects above, and can be lengthened, shortened, or tured round at will. As you will see from the sketch, the actual position of the enemy ship is thrown on to a sheet.]
1 March 1917 Th - S. David
Trepied
In all day.
Grand weather again.
2 March 1917 Fri - Ember Day
Trepied
In all day. Got a rider to go back to Col: at 6 P.M.
Just my luck, arrived 8.30 P.M.
3 March 1917 Sat - Ember day S.R. 6.45, S.S. 5.41
Beaurainville
Back to this hole again. After coming back from a place like Trepied its enough to make a chap wild. More route marches and other rot I suppose. No idea what we've come back for.
At the foot of the right hand diary page is the printed illustration of the periscope referred to in the printed information at the foot of the left hand page.
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25 February 1917 Sun - 1st in lent. Ember Week
Pass to Paris-Plage. Alright.
26 February Mon
Trepied
Run for a load of wood from Wailly.
27 February 1917 Tues
Trepeid
In all day. Grand day to-day.
28 February 1917 Wed - Ember Day. First Quarter (moon), 4.44 p.m.
Trepied
Run for a load of Wood just outside St Josse afternoon.
At foot of left hand diary page is printed information about the printed illustration of the submarine periscope at foot of the opposite diary page.
[SUBMARINE PERISCOPE. As a submarine's work is dine below the sea level, it is necessary that it should have an "eye" above water to enable it to see the enemy and creep up to him without being seen. For this purpose it is provided with a periscope consisteing of a telescopic tube which projects above, and can be lengthened, shortened, or tured round at will. As you will see from the sketch, the actual position of the enemy ship is thrown on to a sheet.]
1 March 1917 Th - S. David
Trepied
In all day.
Grand weather again.
2 March 1917 Fri - Ember Day
Trepied
In all day. Got a rider to go back to Col: at 6 P.M.
Just my luck, arrived 8.30 P.M.
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25 February 1917 Sun - 1st in lent. Ember Week
Pass to Paris-Plage. Alright.
26 February Mon
Trepied
Run for a load of wood from Wailly.
27 February 1917 Tues
Trepeid
In all day. Grand day to-day.
28 February 1917 Wed - Ember Day. First Quarter (moon), 4.44 p.m.
Trepied
Run for a load of Wood just outside St Josse afternoon.
At foot of left hand diary page is printed information about the printed illustration of the submarine periscope at foot of the opposite diary page.
[SUBMARINE PERISCOPE. As a submarine's work is dine below the sea level, it is necessary that it should have an "eye" above water to enable it to see the enemy and creep up to him without being seen. For this purpose it is provided with a periscope consisteing of a telescopic tube which projects above, and can be lengthened, shortened, or tured round at will. As you will see from the sketch, the actual position of the enemy ship is thrown on to a sheet.]
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25 February 1917 Sun - 1st in lent. Ember Week
Pass to Paris-Plage. Alright.
26 February Mon
Trepied
Run for a load of wood from Wailly.
27 February 1917 Tues
Trepeid
In all day. Grand day to-day.
28 February 1917 Wed - Ember Day. First Quarter (moon), 4.44 p.m.
Trepied
Run for a load of Wood just outside St Josse afternoon.
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25 February 1917 Sun - 1st in lent. Ember Week
Pass to Paris-Plage. Alright.
Description
Save description- 50.5243025||1.5841594||
Touquet-Paris-Plage
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Wailly
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St Josse
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Beaurainville
Location(s)
Document location Touquet-Paris-Plage
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Additional document location Wailly
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Additional document location St Josse
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Additional document location Beaurainville
- ID
- 4295 / 50976
- Contributor
- Nigel Rawlings
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